145 dead in earthquake in New Zealand

After the severe earthquake in New Zealand, the rescue workers have recovered 145 bodies so far. The death toll will probably rise further as many more people were missing, the chief police officer.

In the mainly affected Christchurch, meanwhile, may have a third of the city center will be demolished.

The down in the past few days made investigation close to the affected buildings, said the engineer Jason Ingham. According to Minister Gerry Brownlee has the center may remain blocked for months.

The work of volunteers is always more difficult by several aftershocks. Hopes, but among the rubble to find survivors have passed, barely. Modified on Wednesday a day was found alive after the earthquake measuring 6.3 a woman.

Thanks to his skills as a mountaineer a New Zealander after the earthquake on Tuesday, 14 people rescued from a collapsed office building. John Haynes was during the earthquake in the sixth floor of the 17 - Forsyth-storey Barr Tower in Christchurch, as the 64 - years of government employees of the newspaper "Christchurch Press" from Saturday said. The interior of the building together with the staircase was completely collapsed, it left only a shell.

As Haynes looked around for ways of escape, he discovered rescue equipment with ropes and a sledgehammer. He convinced his colleagues that roping is the only way to get out of the rickety building.

With the help of the hammer struck the fellow broke a window, then Haynes helped the 14 people on her way down in 20 meters depth to the roof of a garage. So that no one crashed, and wrapped the hobby Climbers to safety, the end of the rope around his body and sat down on the floor. During the two-hour rescue operation, there were repeated aftershocks.

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